減法

See also: 减法

Chinese

		to lower; to decrease; to reduce to lower; to decrease; to reduce; to subtract; to diminish	law; method; way law; method; way; Buddhist teaching; Legalist; France (abbrev.)
trad. (減法)		減	法
simp. (减法)		减	法

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiǎnfǎ

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢˇ ㄈㄚˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaam² faat³
• Eastern Min (BUC): gēng-huák
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kiám-hoat

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiǎnfǎ [Phonetic: jiánfǎ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢˇ ㄈㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiǎnfǎ
    • Wade–Giles: chien³-fa³
    • Yale: jyǎn-fǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeanfaa
    • Palladius: цзяньфа (czjanʹfa)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻³⁵ fä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gaam² faat³
    • Yale: gáam faat
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaam² faat⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: gam² fad³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːm³⁵ faːt̚³/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: gēng-huák
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɛiŋ³³⁻⁵⁵ ^(h-)ŋuɑʔ²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiám-hoat
    • Tâi-lô: kiám-huat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kiafmhoad
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kiam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ huat̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kiam⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ huat̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ huat̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kiam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ huat̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiam⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ huat̚³²/

Noun

減法

1. (arithmetic) subtraction

Antonyms

• 加法 (jiāfǎ)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (減法):

• → Japanese: 減法(げんぽう) (genpō)
• → Korean: 감법(減法) (gambeop)
• → Vietnamese: giảm pháp (減法)

See also

• 乘法 (chéngfǎ)
• 除法 (chúfǎ)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
減	法
げん Grade: 5	ほう > ぽう Grade: 4
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) げんぽー [gèńpóó] (Heiban – [0])
• (Tokyo) げ​んぽー [géꜜǹpòò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɡẽ̞mpo̞ː]

Noun

減(げん)法(ぽう) • (genpō) ^{←げんぱふ (genpafu)?}

1. (arithmetic) subtraction

Antonyms

• 加法(かほう) (kahō)

See also

• 乗法(じょうほう) (jōhō)
• 除法(じょほう) (johō)